The famous temples of Mumbai

Mumbai's most revered shrine — the wish-fulfilling Ganesha with the rare right-turned trunk, drawing lakhs every Tuesday. Built 1801; today among India's most-visited temples.

Three goddesses recovered from the sea, enshrined on a headland over the Arabian Ocean since 1831. Navratri here is nine nights of light.

The goddess Mumbai is named after — patron of the original Koli fisherfolk, re-enshrined at Bhuleshwar in 1737. Closed on Mondays.

A hilltop Shiva shrine above Girgaon Chowpatty, rebuilt c. 1780 — climb the 110 stone steps or take the lift; Maha Shivaratri runs through the night.

Prabhupada's white-marble 'palace for Krishna' near Juhu Beach (1978), with the 4:30 AM mangala aarti and Govinda's celebrated sattvic restaurant.

Legend says Rama fashioned a lingam of sand here; the sacred Banganga tank beside it dates to 1127 AD — the oldest continuously inhabited sacred site in the city.

Mumbai's most beautiful Jain temple (1904) — a riot of painted ceilings, silver doors and marble, quietly magnificent on the Walkeshwar road.

The city's oldest Swaminarayan mandir (c. 1868), its tri-spired painted facade glowing amid Bhuleshwar's bazaar lanes, minutes from Mumbadevi.

The serene sister campus to Juhu — marble halls, soulful kirtan and a calm that surprises visitors two lanes off Chowpatty beach.

An old and much-loved goddess shrine of Mahim, traditionally visited for health and protection — a fixture of the city's western devotional circuit.

Wadala's 'Prati Pandharpur' — the stand-in for Pandharpur itself, thronged by warkari devotees each Ashadhi Ekadashi.

Thane's oldest temple, rebuilt in the 18th century beside Masunda Lake — the devotional heart of a city we pick up from every week.